Picking a Good Seat!

This morning started off like all other Sunday mornings when my hubby has worked Saturday night and arrives at home around 7 AM. Before long, I was in the shower and my child was up and begging her daddy to play video games. They ate breakfast, I got ready...uninterrupted...it was quite a glorious and RARE treat!

As I was puttering about getting ready for church, I checked my blog, my email and my facebook. My friend Lisa and I are always joking about saving each other a seat in Sunday School, we both have five year olds and it is always a race on Sunday morning to see who can get to our adult class first and get us a choice seat. This morning I had a little fun with my facebook status and posted this..."getting ready for church, Lisa, save me a seat!"

Sure enough, I waltzed right into the class and right to my saved seat. I love modern technology. Even though the seat was on the front row of the class...it was so nice to have it waiting on me and not have to search out a single seat in a room of couples on this rainy morning when my other half was tucked into a warm bed on his way to dreamland.

So the first half of my Sunday morning was consumed with the thought of my chair, where I would sit, would I be comfortable there, etc? Little did I know the second half of my morning would be dedicated to exactly the same thing.

Our speaker this morning was Adrian Depres, an evangelist and chaplain for the USC Gamecocks. He has come to our church more than once, every time it is an unforgettable experience and this morning was no disappointment. If you ever have the opportunity to hear him, go. Drink some coffee or some sort of caffeine, cause he is definitely a HIGH ENERGY type of speaker and it will help you to "keep up" but go..go..go!!! He is a gifted story-teller and minister of the gospel.

His topic...Four Chairs. He used four folding chairs to illustrate where we all are in our walk with Christ. Seat #1 - where we should all strive to be -- growing and loving the Lord. Seat #2 - where most of us are...comfortable, complacent, saved but stagnant. Seat #4 - those who are not believers at all and Seat #3 - the scariest one, those who think they are saved,but are really not.

It was a life changing sermon, one I could never do justice here. I came to realize I was in the second seat...comfortable, complacent and not being used as I should be. It was a chance for me to look at my life and make a change of seating. So, just like in Sunday School when my friend moved me from the usual back of the room to the "out of my comfort zone" front row, I switched to the first seat in that line of four. I want to be in the first seat...I want to love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. I want to do crazy things for Him because I love Him so. If you are out there and unsure of what seat you would be sitting in...I wish you would contact me, I would love the opportunity to share the message with you in much more detail.

And now....with the rain still falling and the child calling...I am off to fix something for dinner and get ready for the week!

Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly